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Le développement du tourisme à Trestraou a commencé grâce à l'arrivée du train à Lannion en 1881. Dès 1884 sont construites les premières cabines de plage puis les premiers hôtels. Depuis, la station n'a cessé de gagner en qualité. L’an 2022 connait son paroxysme.
- Reconstruction du grand Hôtel qui abrite désormais le Kasino et 46 chambres de luxe,
- De la nouvelle thalassothérapie et sa résidence hôtelière 4 étoiles,
- Sans oublier, sur les hauteurs de Trestaou, l'Agapa, l'un des deux seuls Palace de Bretagne.
La pratique des activités nautiques est favorisée par sa plage, longue d' 1,4 km et la présence au large, de la Réserve Naturelle de l'archipel des 7îles.
The development of tourism in Trestraou began with the arrival of the train in Lannion in 1881. From 1884, the first beach cabins were built, then the first hotels. Since then, the station has continued to improve in quality. The year 2022 knows its climax.
- Reconstruction of the Grand Hotel which now houses the Kasino and 46 luxury rooms,
- New thalassotherapy and its 4-star hotel residence,
- Without forgetting, on the heights of Trestaou, the Agapa, one of the only two Palaces in Brittany.
The practice of nautical activities is favored by its beach, 1.4 km long and the presence offshore of the Nature Reserve of the archipelago of the 7 islands.
Quenstedticeras is a genus of ammonites from the Late Middle Jurassic, specifically the Callovian stage, approximately 164 to 161 million years ago. Its fossils are especially abundant in the marine clays of the Dubki Clay Quarry, near Saratov, southwestern Russia—one of the most productive and best-preserved Middle Jurassic ammonite localities in Eurasia. These ammonites are valuable biostratigraphic markers of the Lamberti Zone, although the precise species found at Dubki has not been formally confirmed.
The shell of Quenstedticeras is typically moderately evolute, with whorls that are clearly visible in adult specimens. The ribbing is strong and regular, with primary ribs originating at the umbilical shoulder and bifurcating mid-flank before meeting at a prominent keel on the venter. The ornamentation gives the shell a distinctive starburst pattern. Like other ammonites of the family Cardioceratidae, this genus shows clear sexual dimorphism, with larger macroconchs (probable females) and smaller microconchs (probable males), sometimes bearing small lappets.
At Dubki, specimens of Quenstedticeras occur in remarkable abundance and preservation. Most are found as pyritized internal molds within fine-grained laminated clays, deposited in a quiet, low-oxygen marine environment that prevented shell dissolution and favored the growth of iron sulfides. Over a thousand specimens have been recovered, many showing signs of healed injuries, growth deformities, or encrustation by small bivalves—evidence of ecological interactions during the animal’s life.
While many of the fossils from Dubki resemble Quenstedticeras lamberti, the dominant index species of the upper Callovian, their identification remains tentative, pending detailed taxonomic revision.
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Stephanoceratoidea
Family: Cardioceratidae
Genus: Quenstedticeras
Species: Quenstedticeras sp.
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic (Callovian, ~164–161 Ma)
Origin: Dubki Clay Quarry, Saratov Region, Russia
Specimen diameter: 52 mm
The Dubki site continues to yield important fossil material for biostratigraphic, paleoecological, and taphonomic research. The exceptional preservation allows paleontologists to study not only shell morphology but also paleo-biological interactions, such as predation and epibiont colonization, in Middle Jurassic marine ecosystems.
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Archeologia industriale,
Fornace Totti.
Il corpo principale della fornace "Totti" è costituito da 5 piani e un sottotetto serviti da un ascensore a bilancia. Questo edificio realizzato nell'Ottocento è una delle più interessanti testimonianze di archeologia industriale esistente in questi luoghi. In provincia di Rovigo fino agli anni Sessanta le fornaci erano, insieme agli zuccherifici, le industrie tipiche del territorio.
L’ex Fornace Totti fa parte, assieme alla vicina Fornace Etna, di un vasto complesso industriale situato nella golena che dalla frazione di Canalnovo giunge fino a Villanova Marchesana.
Era la più imponente tra le fornaci della provincia.
I piani erano destinati allo stoccaggio e all’essicazione delle tegole, nella cui produzione la fornace era specializzata. Il processo di essicazione avveniva grazie al calore irradiato dal forno e dalla ciminiera ed era favorito dalle correnti d’aria provenienti dalle numerose finestre.
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Industrial Archaeology,
Fornace Totti.
The main body of the "Totti" furnace consists of 5 floors and an attic served by a scale elevator. This building built in the 19th century is one of the most interesting examples of industrial archaeology existing in these places. In the province of Rovigo, until the 1960s, furnaces were, together with sugar factories, the typical industries of the area.
The former Fornace Totti is part, together with the nearby Fornace Etna, of a large industrial complex located in the floodplain that from the hamlet of Canalnovo reaches up to Villanova Marchesana.
It was the most imposing of the furnaces in the province.
The floors were intended for the storage and drying of tiles, in the production of which the furnace was specialized. The drying process took place thanks to the heat radiated by the oven and the chimney and was favored by the air currents coming from the numerous windows.
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A powerfully built flycatcher with a big head and a heavy, long bill. It has pointed but broad wings, and its medium-length tail shows a shallow notch in the center.
Forages by catching large flying insects on the wing, sallying out from a favored perch (often a telephone line) and returning to it to consume the prey. Also feeds on fruits, particularly during cooler weather. Perches conspicuously and when nesting flies out to confront many sorts of birds that come too close to the nest.
I haven't seen him in some time ... so as the year is ending I just wanted to rework one of my favored images from this time... when I first met John I wasn't certain if he was a college professor freely giving up his wisdom ... or ... just bat shit crazy ... well .. I'm afraid he's the latter ... not much anchored in reality ... and living on the streets ... our first conversations still stay in my head ... I wonder now what's become of him ... and just wanted to share another street portrait I made... and just also want to hope that he's secure and doing better than when last we met .....
For Steam Sunday here's another shot of Reading and Northern 2102 that unquestionably puts on the best steam show in the east these days. It's such a great show that I returned for my second time in only three weeks to see her!
This shot was taken exactly five years and one week from the laat time I tried this angle with steam. That time Pacific number 425 was leading and the same group of freinds and I were epically 'CFed' as told here: flic.kr/p/2k3TCPs
This was another nailbitingly close shot but this time the train gods favored us and merciful redemption was ours!
As for this run, it was a special operated on behalf of the Mountain Top Rotary Club and made a 90 minute trip from Penobscot to Jim Thorpe with a 5 hr layover there before returning north. The train was a bit smaller than other recent runs featuring only 11 cars (including a power car and diner) trailing the big 4-8-4 which was built in the Reading Company's own shops in 1945 using parts from a former 76-foot Class I-10sa consolidation 1923 Baldwin locomotive. The RDG created a fleet of 30 middleweight engines in the T-1 series capable of both freight and passenger assignments.
Here is the return trip just moments out of Jim Thorpe as it crosses the Lehigh River on a former Central Railroad of New Jersey Railroad bridge that was abandoned in December 1971 following a wreck only a few months before CNJ ended all operations in the state of Pennsylvania on March 31, 1972 and was restored by the RBMN more than three decades later in 2003. The one time double track bridge now features a wonderful paved bike path where the second main once was. This was once the CNJ's mainline to the Ashely hump yard in Wilkes-Barre but is now known as RBMN's Jim Thorpe Branch Wye Track, and the train is at about MP 0 as it approaches RIVER interlocking where they will entire the RBMN's Lehigh Division maiinline.
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
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1949 Ford Custom Station Wagon.
When Ford introduced the all-new 1949 Custom Station Wagon on June 8th, 1948, the result was something that took the public by pleasant surprise. The new design welcomed in a more streamlined and futuristic body design with many changes inside and out.
This was the first year Ford did away with all wood bodies and were equipped with steel roofs, tailgates, and doors. The decision for an all-steel structure helped to eliminate road noise. Another first for the all steel design allowed for a roof headliner in Ford wagons. The 1949 model was also the first year the two-door wagon was favored over the four-door wagon, yet even with this change, the new model could still comfortably seat the same number of passengers. The New York Fashion Academy declared it “Fashion Car of the Year”. Not only was the ‘49 visually stunning to most, if not all, but Ford was also able to smash its competition in sales that year as well.
Ford offered their station wagon to the public six months before Chevrolet and nine months before Plymouth, and saw a production increase of over 300 percent from the previous year. 1949 proved to be Ford’s year and they could rightfully claim they were America’s number one auto manufacturer.
Nicknamed the “shoebox” Ford, this 1949 Ford Custom Station Wagon is every bit as handsome as it seems.
An incoming approach to a favored perch that day. Sometimes you keep clicking and get something lucky :) For enlarged version click on image.
Whether one interprets the six days of Genesis as literal or typological intervals (the Church Fathers favored the latter), the narrative arc of creation is inherently temporal. It is rooted in sequence—a first, next, and last, with one creative act layered upon the next. The luminaries were ushered into being ahead of breathing creatures and given the vocation of marking time (Gen. 1: 14, 15), thus manifesting temporality in visible signs. The last layer of creation was unfurled when God, resting from His labors, “blessed the seventh day and sanctified it” (Gen. 2: 3). This final day of creation is a proxy not just for all subsequent Sabbaths, but for all of time on earth—the way it goes forth yet returns, always, to rest in the peace of eternity. When reading this narrative, it is difficult to see the baseness of time Plato and others lamented—in these first few scenes of Genesis, change is holy. Each new development brought about more life and beauty than before—making God’s love more manifest and capable of being encountered. Likewise, each addition to creation was beheld and blessed by its Maker before He moved to the next.
-Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life Copyright © 2017 Nicole M. Roccas
This drama played out at my feet while I was deep in the Kootenai National Forest in northwest Montana shooting landscapes. Something bright and colorful moved quickly on the ground. It moved rapidly four or five inches and then stopped momentarily before making another mad dash. I bent down to take a closer look and discovered a wasp dragging a green caterpillar along the ground. The caterpillar was larger than the wasp and I doubted that the wasp was able to fly with it. Its quick starting and stopping motion made it challenging for me to get a good shot with the camera.
The wasp was probably a member of the Thread-waisted Wasps (family Sphecidae, genus Ammophila or closely related). They are distinguished by their long, narrow “waist” and a mostly black body with a red-orange band on the abdomen. They hunt caterpillars, paralyze them, and then place them in their burrows as food for their larvae. These interactions between wasps and caterpillars are apparently common in the forested part of western Montana and contribute to ecological pest control.
The doomed and paralyzed caterpillar was probably a hornworm or sphinx moth larva (family Sphingidae), which have green bodies with diagonal or straight white stripes or spots along their sides. The caterpillar species in this group are large, bright green, and favored as prey by many parasitoid and predatory wasps.
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SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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Serapias orientalis (Orchidaceae) 117 23
Serapias orientalis is a member of the Serapias vomeracea group of Serapias. Its name is a reference to its easterly distribution in the Mediterranean.
It is a localized species but can be abundant in its favored locations, this generally being a position in full sun on damp (even wet) alkaline soils.
Today I had to choose between going to a distant well known place to shoot dippers and a nearby but uncertain place. To the first place I should have to take my car because it was some 50 km away, and the second place was achievable by bicycle only at 5 km distance. So, I favored environment and climate and took my bicycle and was lucky enough to see and shoot one Dipper.
Outside the bedroom is a Guava plant that stands close to 15 feet high. It's lower branches are a often favored place to rest while keeping an eye on the feeder in the yard. Now all I have to do is get around to cleaning that window.
Cantharellus cibarius (Chantarellaceae) 281 22
Cantharellus cibarius is a species of golden chanterelle mushroom in the genus Cantharellus.
Due to its characteristic color and shape, it is easy to distinguish from mushrooms with potential toxicity that discourage human consumption. A commonly eaten and favored mushroom, the chanterelle is typically harvested from late summer to late fall in its European distribution.
Chanterelles are used in many culinary dishes, and can be preserved by either drying or freezing. An oven should not be used when drying it because can result in the mushroom becoming bitter.
The mushroom is easy to detect and recognize in nature. The body is 3–10 centimeters wide and 5–10 cm tall. The color varies from yellow to dark yellow. Red spots will appear on the cap of the mushroom if it is damaged.
Being considered a nomadic species small flocks of waxwings can be found in a specific location one year and be totally absent the following year.
Even though they feed on insects, flower petals and sap they will nest late purposely to ensure their favored food which is berries and small fruits will be available when needed to feed their chicks. Their nest will be in a small tree or shrub and will contain 3 - 5 eggs which will be incubated for 12 - 16 days.
Quite often a flock of these waxwings can be identified by their high-pitched calls prior to them descending into a berry laden tree to feed.
This particular bird is enjoying a feast in a low lying bush while accompanying a flock of Bohemian Waxwings.
Every once in a while, you get lucky. I went to the swamp the other day, and though there wasn't much in the first hour, I thought I'd cut through the grass field on the way to the grotto, a shaded area favored by most of the dragonflies (not damselflies even though there's water, pond grasses, and plenty of reeds to perch on). Now, one of the problems in photographing dragons, especially the females of the species, is that they're camouflaged and blend in very well with dried grasses and twigs and sometimes the bushes they roost in.
On this day, I caught a glimpse of this dragonfly cleaning its eyes with its combed forefeet. No other motion. I swung the camera up, focused on the potential prize, and this is what I came up with. One shot. No software needed. Camera locked in where it normally would have taken five or more attempts at focusing.
This is the FEMALE Blue Dasher (see male below), and this and the very name shows why it is so difficult to identify the species when you see the female first. Most guide books give much less attention to the female than the male. Well, this is the BLUE dasher and there's not a speck of blue. Red eyes, gold and black barred abdomen, even a while face.
The Blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax. It is very common and widely distributed through North America. These dragonflies, like others of their infraorder, are carnivorous, and are capable of eating hundreds of insects every day, including mosquito and mayfly larvae. The adult dragonfly will eat nearly any flying insect, such as a moth or fly.
This was the preferred perch of a female Violet-tailed Sylph near a feeder at Balcón Tumpiki but unfortunately for her, it was also favored by several honey bees that seemed to take pleasure in chasing her away. In the Mindo precinct of northwest Ecuador.
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT Photo taken through the car window as we turned up the driveway. Built in 1817 and converted to an artists colony in 1899 when Florence Griswold found herself in need of a way to support herself. Much favored and recognized artists such as Childe Hassen, Henry Ward Ranger, Edward Charles Volkert and Willard Metcalf among many others often spent summers here painting some of their most famous canvasses. Running now through May 28, 2017 you will find the spectacular art of Matilda Brown one of the first women artists to join the colony during that time.
----------------------------- JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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----------------------------- JESUS ✝️ SAVES-------------------------------
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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Pinus patula, commonly known as patula pine, spreading-leaved pine, or Mexican weeping pine, and in Spanish as pino patula or pino llorón, (patula Latin = “spreading”) is a tree native to the highlands of Mexico. It grows from 24° to 18° North latitude and 1,800–2,700 m above sea level. The tree grows up to 30 m tall. It cannot withstand long periods of temperatures as low as −10 °C, but resists occasional brief dips below 0 °C. It is moderately drought-tolerant, and in this respect is superior to Pinus taeda. The average annual rainfall in its native habitat is from 750 to 2000 mm. This happens mostly in summer, but in a little area of the State of Veracruz on the Sierra Madre Oriental its habitat is rainy the year round. It has been introduced near sea level in New South Wales, Australia, where it spreads naturally by wind and is very favored because rainfalls are more abundant in summer. 40294
Rock Island w.b. freight #55 with 81 cars + caboose behind two GP38-2, GP9r (4311-4300- ? ) This one happened after the depot picture, which happened after the grain'vator one at Byers. As far as I know, eastern Colorado was not favored by chiggers, which was fine with us!
Looking for dinner.
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SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST - ALONE!
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️
16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!
So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus took the death WE so richly deserved for us and died in our place. The good news is, there's no more punishment for sin left. WE, you and I were all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️
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Canyon Walls. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
The path into a narrow slot canyon passes between dark buttresses.
We hiked up a remote canyon to get to this place. There is little need for a trail in such a place — mostly you just follow the bottom of the valley or canyon, with the only exception being occasionally climbing up to get past blockages. We had a goal in mind, so the walking was that sort of stead, slow progression. I recall the clattering and clinking sounds of walking on the rocky floor of a wash, intuitive route selection that favored the shady side of the canyon, and the entrance to the narrow sections. Here the feeling is darker, cooler, quieter — in a way reminiscent of walking into a cathedral.
Canyons like this one are so interesting that it seems like they should be easy to photograph, but I’m always surprised by their challenges. It can take a while to search around for just the right perspective and composition, and the light can be tricky — there are often stark contrasts between deep shadow and bright sunlight. I’m always taken by the blue tones of the shadows in the canyons of Death Valley, and by the contrast with the warmer tones where the light manages to penetrate.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
10 anni fa realizzai un lavoro che documentava lo stato d'abbandono di alcune vie del centro storico di Tempio Pausania soffermandomi sulle porte chiuse. Ora proseguo con la pubblicazione di ulteriori immagini.
Per secoli sono stati il centro della vita attiva delle nostre città, ma nel volgere di pochi decenni hanno subito un progressivo spopolamento e un veloce degrado. Sono i centri storici di molte aree del nostro Paese che, a causa di una politica che negli ultimi 40-50 anni ha favorito la cementificazione delle periferie con la creazione di quartieri dormitorio e lo spostamento delle attività commerciali e artigianali ai margini dei centri abitati, sembrano inesorabilmente destinati al totale abbandono. Dove una volta sorgevano abitazioni, negozi e botteghe ora è facile incontrare solo porte chiuse.
10 years ago I made a work that documented the state of abandonment of some streets in the historic center of Tempio Pausania, focusing on the closed doors. Now I continue with the publication of more images.
For many years they have been the center of the active life of our cities, but in a few decades have undergone a gradual depopulation and a faster degradation. These are the historical centers of many areas of our country that, because of a policy that in the last 40-50 years has favored the overbuilding of the suburbs with the creation of dormitory suburbs and the moving of businesses and crafts at the edge of towns, seem inexorably destined to total abandonment. Where once stood houses, shops and workshops is now easy to meet only closed doors.
These two male Hippos were in a prolonged dispute over territory. They would get really worked up, foaming at the mouth, opening and closing it like a marionette puppet. They seemed very unsure of their footing in the rocky river but positioned themselves in various places which each thought favored their position. Their fighting consisted of fast movements and opened jaws, but no actual bites. I read that this behavior can go on for hours and can include more contact, but this one lasted about 30 minutes a good part of which was spent maneuvering for position or working themselves up for a really convincing open jawed threat that would be sure to convince their rival not to mess with them. Eventually it worked! (Hippopotamus amphibius) (Sony a1, 70-200 f/4 @ f/4, 200mm, 1/1600 second, ISO 640)
"The Concho County courthouse designed by architect, F.E. Ruffini and built in 1886 under the supervision of his brother Oscar, is a two-story structure of native stone. Built in the Second Empire style much favored for public buildings of the period, its dominant visual feature is its characteristic Mansard roof, treated with much greater elaboration than some of its contemporaries such as F.E. Ruffini's Blanco County Courthouse.
"The courthouse is laid out on the traditional cross axial plan with wide corridors that divide the ground floor into four equal quadrants. The disposition of the interior spaces follows the massing of the outside walls. Stairways at either side of the east west hall rise simply to a graceful curve at the top. The second floor is occupied by an imposingly scaled courtroom and several jury rooms."
The black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) is an endangered species of ruffed lemur, one of two which are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur, it has a much smaller population that is spread out, living in lower population densities and reproductively isolated. It also has less coverage and protection in large national parks than the red ruffed lemur. Three subspecies of black-and-white ruffed lemur have been recognized since the red ruffed lemur was elevated to species status in 2001.
Together with the red ruffed lemur, they are the largest extant members of the family Lemuridae, ranging in length from 100 to 120 cm (3.3 to 3.9 ft) and weighing between 3.1 and 4.1 kg (6.8 and 9.0 lb). They are arboreal, spending most of their time in the high canopy of the seasonal rainforests on the eastern side of the island. They are also diurnal, active exclusively in daylight hours. Quadrupedal locomotion is preferred in the trees and on the ground, and suspensory behavior is seen during feeding. As the most frugivorous of lemurs, the diet consists mainly of fruit, although nectar and flowers are also favored, followed by leaves and some seeds.
The black-and-white ruffed lemur has a complex social structure and is known for its loud, raucous calls. It is unusual in that it exhibits several reproductive traits typically found in small, nocturnal lemurs, such as a short gestation period, large litters and rapid maturation. In captivity, they can live up to 36 years.
Hoodoos stand in the morning light at Plaza Blanca (White Place) near Abiquiu, New Mexico. The ~ 50 foot/ 15 m tall formation is composed of 25 million year old ash derived from volcanic eruptions in the San Juan Mountains.
Plaza Blanca was a favored haunt of the great American artist Georgia O'Keefe, who had homes in Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch. Several of her paintings were inspired by her wanderings amidst the canyons and hoodoos of Plaza Blanca.
This will be last post for awhile- I will be traveling and mostly not focusing on social media. I look forward to viewing to your fabulous photos when I return.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my USA Flickr friends. I'll be taking a couple of days off from Flickr to relax with family.
The last entry in my twofer series, two Tom Turkeys strutting their stuff in southern New Mexico.
Ever wonder how the turkey became such an iconic symbol of U.S. Thanksgiving? Here's the AI answer on Google:
Availability: Wild turkeys were plentiful in North America and could be hunted for food.
Abundance: The turkey's large size became a symbol of plenty and nature's bounty, fitting the themes of gratitude and sharing central to Thanksgiving.
Literary influence: The writer and editor Sarah Josepha Hale played a significant role. In her 1827 novel Northwood, she described a Thanksgiving feast with turkey, and she also campaigned to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Cultural significance: By the mid-19th century, turkey had become a favored celebratory food, further cementing its place as the Thanksgiving bird through cultural tradition.
Cornino (Curnin in friulano) è una frazione del comune di Forgaria nel Friuli (UD) situata sulla destra idrografica fiume Tagliamento, nota per la presenza di un importante ponte di collegamento stradale e ferroviario, favorita dalla presenza dell'isolotto del Clapat.
A Cornino è presente anche la l'omonima stazione ferroviaria da cui si servono gli abitanti del comune.
Cornino nella storia
Durante i giorni della Battaglia di Caporetto, il 3 novembre 1917, le truppe austro-ungariche riuscirono a passare il fiume passando sul ponte del paese causando la rottura della linea difensiva del Tagliamento e la successiva ritirata dell'esercito italiano fino al Piave.
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Cornino (Curnin in Friulian) is a fraction of the municipality of Forgaria nel Friuli (UD) located on the right bank of the Tagliamento river, known for the presence of an important road and rail link bridge, favored by the presence of the Clapat islet.
In Cornino there is also the homonymous railway station which serves the inhabitants of the municipality.
Cornino in history
During the days of the Battle of Caporetto, on November 3, 1917, the Austro-Hungarian troops managed to cross the river by passing over the town bridge, causing the break of the Tagliamento defensive line and the subsequent retreat of the Italian army to the Piave.
Like most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.
Barn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favored sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.
For the third year running, this male Osprey has returned to claim his favored morning perch on Mud Lake.
In case anyone wants a better look at the two from that mating pair I posted recently, here they are with individual portraits- female on the left, male on the right. They favored the same perch, although I flipped the female around so they would face each other. Siskiyou County, California
A Tenerife le giornate per lo più sono state grigie e fresche, ma almeno il ristorante (ed anche il balcone del nostro appartamento, come potete vedere nella seconda foto) era a vista sul mare, ad occidente, cosicchè il sole morente favoriva l'atmosfera romantica di due cuori innamorati
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English
In Tenerife the days were mostly gray and cool, but at least the restaurant (and also the balcony of our apartment, as you can see in the second photo) was sea view, in the west, so that the dying sun favored the romantic feeling of two hearts in love
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Español
En Tenerife los días eran en su mayoría gris y fríos, pero al menos el restaurante (y también el balcón de nuestro apartamento, como se puede ver en la segunda foto) tenía una vista al mar, en el oeste, por lo que el sol poniente favoreció el sentimiento romántico de dos corazones amantes
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Portuguès
Em Tenerife os dias eram principalmente cinzas e frios, mas pelo menos o restaurante (e também a varanda do nosso apartamento, como vocês podem ver na segunda foto) foi com vista para o mar, a oeste, de modo que o sol morrendo favoreceu o sentimento romântico de dois corações apaixonados
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Oxalis acetosella is a useful indicator in establishing the age of woodland. It is widespread, but localised and can only be found in ancient and undisturbed locations. This plant is found throughout northern and central European countries.
Damp, shady places, beside streams are favored by this delicate spring flower, which is very tolerant of acid soils. At night, not only do Oxalis acetosella flowers close but the leaves also fold up, rather like a fan.
I put this photo up earlier and thank you to all the people who Favored it!! I then decided it needed a little help and did not like what I had done so deleted it!! So here it is again untouched!!
By far the best shot I have ever done of this beauty. Not a lifer, but a beautiful bird, on Lake Apopka in the Willows, on my driver's side, and posing! Thank you, Jesus! I am blessed and highly favored to have gotten to be there for such a time as this!
Think of all the color variations of roses you have viewed in your photo shooting days. White roses, red roses and even yellow roses which aren’t always from Texas. This particular rose with its beautiful shape, texture and true tone really does look astonishingly “Pretty in Pink”. I love to capture flowers and a rose such as this beauty sneaks in close to the top of a favored list. Gratitude and Kindness of heart would make it a great gift to anyone wanting your love.